FINA World Championships, Swimming: Great Britain Sets Meet Record to Lead Women’s 800 Free Relay Qualifying

ROME, Italy, July 30. IN a head-to-head battle in the first heat, Great Britain overtook the United States for the top seed in the women's 800 free relay finals at the FINA World Championships.

Caitlin McClatchey, Jazmin Carlin, Hannah Miley and Rebecca Adlington posted the top preliminary time with a 7:49.04 to cut a second from the United States' meet record of 7:50.09 set in 2007. Ariana Kukors, Dagny Knutson, Alyssa Anderson and Lacey Nymeyer of the U.S. also surpassed the previous mark with a second-seeded time of 7:49.51.